PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Motor Coordination, Endorphins, Prefrontal Cortex
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Controlled processes- judgements or thoughts that we exert some control over, that we intend to occur. Biological rhythms are periodic uctuations in physiological functioning: the existence of these rhythms means that organisms have internal biological clocks that somehow monitor the passage of time, the role of circadian rhythms. Stage 2: it lasts about 10-25 min, during this stage, brief bursts of higher-frequency brain waves, called sleep spindles, appear agains a background of eeg activity, respiration rate, heart rate, muscle tension, and body temperature continue to decline. The pons and adjacent areas in the midbrain seem to be critical to the generation of rem sleep. Rebound e ect - they spend extra time in rem periods for 1 to 3 nights to make up for their rem deprivation: rem and slow-wave sleep contribute to the following: Learning that takes place during the day. Promoting di erent types of memory: sleep disorders, insomnia:
